Anoxic nitrification: Evidence from Humber Estuary sediments (UK)   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Rebecca Bartlett  Robert J.G. Mortimer  Katherine Morris 《Chemical Geology》2008,250(1-4):29-39

Conventional understanding of the nitrogen cycle in marine sediments has changed in recent years with the discovery of an alternative pathway for ammonia oxidation via the reduction of manganese oxides (during anoxic nitrification). In anoxic sediments, the potential for manganese oxides to serve as oxidant for nitrification may be considerable yet previous work on manganese-rich sediments has suggested anoxic nitrification may not be significant. In this study, the potential for anoxic nitrification in a range of sediment types was investigated. Laboratory incubation of sediment from three sites on the Humber Estuary, a microbially diverse environment, showed anoxic accumulation of nitrate, nitrite and dinitrogen gas, with and without the addition of synthetic manganese oxides. Incubation experiments confirmed anoxic nitrification as microbially mediated, with heat-killed controls yielding negative results. The anoxic nitrification reaction significantly depleted ammonia concentrations, and occurred simultaneously with manganese-, iron- and sulphate reduction, and methanogenesis. Taken in conjunction with other studies, results suggest anoxic nitrification may not only be dependent on total manganese concentrations but on manganese dynamics. Anoxic nitrification may be explained as a non-steady state reaction, dependent on the recent stability of a sediment system. Physical perturbation of sediments may cause the redistribution and/or introduction of manganese oxides and promote anoxic nitrification. The significance and persistence of anoxic nitrification is likely to depend on the frequency and magnitude of sediment perturbation, which explains why the reaction varies so widely across studied sites, and why it may not occur in some manganese-rich sediment.  相似文献   

Oxygen Uptake During Repeated Exposure to Temperature Change: Physiological Divergence in Panamanian Cognate Pairs and Latitudinally Distant Populations of Decapod Crustacea     

J. D. Ferraris  J. L. Norenburg 《Marine Ecology》1997,18(2):127-146

Abstract. The emergence of the Isthmus of Panama subdivided the amphi-American biota. In the present study, Pacific and Atlantic populations of four cognate pairs of crabs were used to discern whether exposure to different thermal regimes in habitats, in the putative absence of gene flow, has resulted in physiological divergence. Populations that potentially form a common genetic pool were also used; these were populations of the Atlantic Panama cognate that occur in Belize and Florida. Decreases in water temperature occur periodically in Pacific Panama and Florida, but not in Atlantic Panama or Belize. In this study, physiological divergence in oxygen uptake was assessed in response to repeated exposure to either control and decreased temperature or control and increased temperature. Results indicate that, in only some of the genera tested, exposure to decreases in habitat temperature has resulted in divergence. Partial support is found for the corollary that adaptation to an environment with periods of decreased temperature results in reduced compensation during exposure to elevated temperature.  相似文献   

耗氧速率(OUR)测量方法的实验研究   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

李冰  孙英兰  李玉瑛 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2006,36(3):456-460

目前多采用分批实验法和呼吸测量仪测量耗氧速率,而耗氧速率的测量对于研究活性污泥数学模型中的动力学参数及废水特性鉴定具有重要意义。本文根据OUR测量方法的基本原理设计了1种简易的OUR测量装置,为检验测量装置的有效性,设计了相关实验进行验证。在内源呼吸实验中,测定了所用活性污泥的内源呼吸速率是5.1mgO2/L·h,污泥的衰减系数是0.0137h-1,比文献值略高。基质降解实验对人工配水(葡萄糖和淀粉)的耗氧速率进行了测定,实验结果显示有3个显著不同的耗氧速率,分别为35mg/L·h,13mg/L·h,6mg/L·h,它们各代表葡萄糖降解、淀粉降解和内源呼吸的速率。内源呼吸速率高于前1个实验是由于基质降解过程中污泥量增加所致。并计算出异养菌产率系数Kd为0.63mgVSS/mgCOD,Kd略低于文献值。实验结果证明,该装置能很好的实现测量目的。  相似文献   

赤潮发生机理研究──海洋原甲藻的氮营养生理特征   总被引：17，自引：1，他引：17  

黄晓航  史冬梅  张京浦  刘海航  吴超元 《海洋与湖沼》1997,28(1):33-38

于１９９１年１月－１９９１年１２月，以不同浓度的硝态氮（２０，６０，２００，６００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）研究对赤潮生物海洋原甲藻的生长和生化组成的影响，及其营养生理特性，结果表明，在氮浓度为２００和６００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ时，表现光合作用强，细胞生长快，指数生长期长，叶绿素含量高，提示了由原甲藻爆发引起的赤潮与海洋富营养化有直接关系，结果还表明，海洋原甲藻可以累积蛋白质和碳水化合物，当外界氮源不能满足生长需要时  相似文献   

潮汐对瞬态气候响应模拟的影响研究     

于溢  刘海龙  林鹏飞  兰健 《海洋学报(英文版)》2020,39(1):52-62

In this study, the impact of oceanic processes on the sensitivity of transient climate change is investigated using two sets of coupled experiments with and without tidal forcing, which are termed Exp_Tide and Exp_Control,respectively. After introducing tidal forcing, the transient climate response(TCR) decreases from 2.32 K to 1.90 K,and the surface air temperature warming at high latitudes decreases by 29%. Large ocean heat uptake efficiency and heat storage can explain the low TCR in Exp_Tide. Approximately 21% more heat is stored in the ocean in Exp_Tide(1.10×10~(24) J) than in Exp_Control(0.91×10~(24) J). Most of the large ocean warming occurs in the upper 1 000 m between 60°S and 60°N, primarily in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans. This ocean warming is closely related to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation(AMOC). The initial transport at mid-and high latitudes and the decline in the AMOC observed in Exp_Tide are both larger than those observed in Exp_Control. The spatial structures of AMOC are also different with and without tidal forcing in present experiments. The AMOC in Exp_Tide has a large northward extension. We also investigated the relationship between AMOC and TCR suggested by previous studies using the present experiments.  相似文献   

珠江口及附近海域夏季氮的化学形式分布研究   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10       下载免费PDF全文

王先伟  温伟英  刘翠梅 《海洋科学》2003,27(4):49-53

根据1998年夏季对珠江河口及附近海域的水质调查，研究了氮的各种化学形式的空间分布特征、相关系数和环境条件的影响。结果表明：珠江河口中，无机氮含量很高，占总氮的85％；而硝酸氮占无机氮的95％，NO2^--N和NH4^ -N含量很低。在外海，则以有机氮为主，占总氮的80％。NH4^ -N和NO2^--N在伶仃洋河口中部出现最大值，在外海的值最小；其它形式的氮从伶仃洋内河口到外海，其浓度都逐渐降低。NO3^--N是各种形式氮中的主要因素，它与各形式氮之间具有良好的相关性；NH4^ -N和NO2^--N与其它形式氮之间的相关性都很差，而其余各种形式氮之间都有较好的相关性。涨潮时不利于污染物的扩散；与小潮相比，大潮时伶仃洋河口中部表层氮的浓度偏高。  相似文献   

Experimental evidence for an effect of early-diagenetic interaction between labile and refractory marine sedimentary organic matter on nitrogen dynamics     

Robert Turnewitsch  Bettina Domeyer  Gerhard Graf 《Journal of Sea Research》2007,57(4):270-280

In most natural sedimentary systems labile and refractory organic material (OM) occur concomitantly. Little, however, is known on how different kinds of OM interact and how such interactions affect early diagenesis in sediments. In a simple sediment experiment, we investigated how interactions of OM substrates of different degradability affect benthic nitrogen (N) dynamics. Temporal evolution of a set of selected biogeochemical parameters was monitored in sandy sediment over 116 days in three experimental set-ups spiked with labile OM (tissue of Mytilus edulis), refractory OM (mostly aged Zostera marina and macroalgae), and a 1:1 mixture of labile and refractory OM. The initial amounts of particulate organic carbon (POC) were identical in the three set-ups. To check for non-linear interactions between labile and refractory OM, the evolution of the mixture system was compared with the evolution of the simple sum of the labile and refractory systems, divided by two. The sum system is the experimental control where labile and refractory OM are virtually combined but not allowed to interact. During the first 30 days there was evidence for net dissolved-inorganic-nitrogen (DIN) production followed by net DIN consumption. (Here ‘DIN’ is the sum of ammonium, nitrite and nitrate.) After  30 days a quasi steady state was reached. Non-linear interactions between the two types of OM were reflected by three main differences between the early-diagenetic evolutions of nitrogen dynamics of the mixture and sum (control) systems: (1) In the mixture system the phases of net DIN production and consumption commenced more rapidly and were more intense. (2) The mixture system was shifted towards a more oxidised state of DIN products [as indicated by increased (nitrite + nitrate)/(ammonium) ratios]. (3) There was some evidence that more OM, POC and particulate nitrogen were preserved in the mixture system. That is, in the mixture system more particulate OM was preserved while a higher proportion of the decomposed particulate N was converted into inorganic N. It can be concluded that during the first days and weeks of early diagenesis the magnitude and composition of the flux of decompositional dissolved N-compounds from sediments into the overlying water was influenced by non-linear interactions of OM substrates of different degradability. Given these experimental results it is likely that the relative spatial distributions of OM of differing degradability in sediments control the magnitude and composition of the return flux of dissolved N-bearing compounds from sediments into the overlying water column.  相似文献   

黄、渤海无机氮的收支模式初探   总被引：8，自引：1，他引：8  

王保栋  单宝田  战闰  藏家业 《海洋科学》2002,26(2):33-36

根据黄、渤海无机氮的收支状况，首次提出了黄、渤海无机氮的稳态收支模式。模式研究结果表明，大气沉降、陆源输入和海底输入的无机氮通量分别占黄、渤海无机氮浮游植物总需求量的3%、4%和12%。无机氮的外部输入约占总需求量的1/5，其他部分则由水柱中的内部再循环（再生）供给。  相似文献   

不同氮源对海洋微藻氮同位素分馏作用的影响     

俞志 明  Waser N A D  Harrison P J 《海洋与湖沼》2004,35(6):524-529

以海链藻(Thalassiosira pseudonana)为研究对象，分别考察了以硝酸盐、铵盐和尿素为氮源的氮同位素分馏作用。在建立相应理论模型基础上，分别计算出各个实验体系的ε值。结果表明，在藻类生长初期，δ^15N均较低，其δ^15N的积累主要发生在指数增长期，在稳定期达到最高，与氮源的初始δ^15N相同；不同氮源的氮同位素分馏作用也不相同，其中以铵盐最强，硝酸盐次之，尿素最弱。考虑到实际情况下氮化合物并非单一存在，作者还进一步考察了上述3种氮源混合后对其同位素分馏作用的影响，发现混合氮源体系的表观ε值介于单一氮源时的最大与最小ε值之间，该结果较好地解释了Montoya等(1991)在Chesapeak湾的现场实验结果。  相似文献   

珠江口水体的三氮特征     

丘耀文 《热带海洋学报》1992,(3)

本文据珠江口周年(1987年2月至1988年2月)调查资料,分析了珠江口桂山岛附近海域的三氮变化规律,讨论了三氮之间的相互关系,通量和停留时间以及各种因素对三氮的影响。结果表明:珠江河口水中三氮的时空分布具有夏、冬季含量高,春、秋季含量低,并随向外海方向递减的特点;三氮之间的关系可分别用倒指数方程Y=exp(A+B/X)的数学模式描述;NH_4-N,NO_3-N,NO_2-N的通量和停留时间分别为33.9,401.0,15.8g·atN/s和3.84,3.96,4.41d。  相似文献